Camp Wild

Ellen was frying bacon for lunch when the phone rang. Stu heard it too and came in from the laundry room. Ellen pointed to the bacon, and Stu nodded. He would watch the bacon while Ellen was on the phone.

Ellen picked up the phone and had the perfunctory conversation with Sharon, the bossy but well-meaning foundation director. Twenty minutes later, Ellen sat down to a lunch of bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches that Stu had assembled for them.

"Well, what did Sharon have to say?"

"Can I just give you the important stuff? My ears are still ringing."

Stu smiled at Ellen. He had known Sharon his whole life and while she meant well, she could be a bit much.

"We're stuck here, sort of. This morning's earthquake caused another slide, so the road is blocked again. It may be three or four days before they can re-open the road. They want to put a barrier in before they begin clearing the road."

"That's terrible. Another three or four days with you all to myself. Whatever will we do?" Said Stu with a good-natured sarcasm in his voice.

"Hang on. I'm not done. Sharon also said we didn't have to stay here."

"Okay. What does that mean?"

"There is a fire road behind the lake that will take us down the mountain. It joins the highway past the rockslide. But Sharon said the road hasn't been touched or driven since the last big fire and she doesn't know it's condition or if the truck would even make it down the road. She also said that if things got desperate, the foundation would charter a helicopter to come and get us."

"That's a lot to consider. Do you think she means it; you know about the helicopter?"

"Oh yeah, if I called her right now, she would send one. You know the foundation is all her money, and she's loaded?"

"I suspected, how loaded?"

"Not Bill Gates loaded, but enough to buy a couple of helicopters... and an airport, and a yacht, and a marina, and the Dodgers..."

"Well, what do you want to do?"

"I don't know Stu. I do know this. I want more Stu time."

"You know we could have Stu and Ellen time down the mountain."

The couple did the dishes in silence. They both had a lot to think about. There wasn't a need for conversation. They were with each other, and it was enough.

As Stu was drying the last plate, Ellen came up from behind him and put her arms around him.

"Stu, how usable do you think that road is?"

"No way of telling. Too many variables."

"Do you think you could drive it in the stake bed if you had to?"

Stu thought about it for a minute before answering.

"The problem with the truck is that we could get stuck. We could get to a point where we couldn't turn around. What I could do, is make a recon run with Hector. Check the road out and come back and get you."

It was Ellen's turn to reflect.

"What if I went down with you on your recon trip? I don't like the idea of being here alone. What if there is another quake?"

Stu balked at the idea.

"How good of a rider are you?"

Ellen answered with a big grin.

"I haven't had the chance to ride you yet."

"That is true, and it's on the agenda. But seriously, how good of a rider are you? Do you even know of a mount you would trust?"

Ellen thought for just a moment.

"I do, I would ride Charlie. He's older, but his mom Nina was my mount years ago, and his dad Buckshot was a lot like Hector."

"How about you ride Hector and I ride Charlie? Do you think that would work?"

"I could ride Hector if I had to in an emergency, but he is big, and I don't fit him as well as Charlie. Then there is the whole trust and connection thing. I rode Nina years ago. I think Charlie would sense that and take care of me."

"That actually makes a lot of sense. Okay I can buy into it, but not until tomorrow. I want a full days' worth of light for the ride."

"I like it, I can spend some time working with Charlie and let him get to know me. How far do you think the trip is on the fire road?"

Stu went into the office and came back a few minutes later with a Forest Service map. There was a road drawn on it in black marker.

"From the looks of this map, assuming it's the right road, I'm thinking somewhere between six and eight miles."

"Stu, that's almost perfect. We could pack a lunch. Ride down, eat our lunch and come back up. If the road is in good shape, we could drive out before dark."

"That's a lot of ifs, let's take it one step at a time. I want to check out the road and check out the access to the highway. If we had to, we could ask Sharon to send someone up to where the roads meet with a horse trailer and get out that way. It's just an option, but I like having options. In fact, I want to bring camping gear so we could stay wherever we are in an emergency."

Ellen liked Stu's thought process. He was always thinking ahead and keeping his options open.

"If that's what you think is best."

The rest of the day was spent getting ready for their big adventure. Charlie was a little hesitant at first, but within a few hours, he and Ellen were on the same page. Ellen prepared food for the trip, and Stu got the horse's gear and camping equipment ready.

By the time five o'clock rolled around, everything was done, and both Stu and Ellen were dirty and hot.

"Stu, let's go for a swim."

Stu didn't hesitate. He went in and got his trunks on. By the time Ellen made it out to the pool, Stu had showered and cooled off.

"How is it?"

"It's a little warmer than yesterday, but it's still plenty cool."

Ellen walked down the stairs and up to Stu. She put her arms around his neck.

"It seems like we have been out here for months." Said Stu with an air of reflection in his voice.

Ellen leaned and kissed Stu, who returned her affection.

"Stu, I want to fuck you in the pool." Said Ellen as she gently guided Stu up against the side of the pool. She shuddered when Stu ran his finger along the crotch of her coral blue swimsuit.

Ellen reached out and pulled Stu's trucks down, and then removed her swimsuit. The kissing became even more intense. It didn't take long, Stu knew just which buttons to push, and she had been in an almost constant state of arousal the whole trip.

Stu had been fingering Ellen and kissing her mouth, then her breasts, then her neck.

Ellen was careful to stroke Stu to bring him along, but not too much. She wanted him to last.

Within a few minutes, Ellen had mounted Stu and was riding him as he lifted her up and down. Ellen had never had sex standing up or in a pool. She was enjoying herself. She was getting close when Stu went to work on her neck. Ellen had never let anyone give her a hickey, and Stu was driving her crazy with his kissing, licking, sucking and biting of her tender neck. Stu's work on Ellen's neck went right to her pussy, and it wasn't long before she was coming, and coming hard.

Stu had lost control... Again. He had started kissing Ellen's neck, and then he was sucking it, and then Ellen was having a powerful orgasm. Ellen's orgasm, and the spasms in her vagina sent Stu over the edge. Stu was content to hold Ellen for the rest of the night.

After a few minutes, Ellen broke the standoff.

"Gotta pee. Down!"

Stu disobeyed her, kissed her and snuggled her in.

"Stu, I have to pee."

"So pee."

"As kinky as that sounds, I'm not peeing on you, and I'm not peeing in the pool."

Stu was sad when he released her but soothed himself by grabbing Ellen's beautiful ass as she turned away.

"Tease." Said Ellen looking back over her shoulder.

Stu had put chicken and potatoes into the outdoor brick oven before they went into the pool. By the time they were finished in the pool, dinner was ready.

A quiet dinner, then dishes, and it was bedtime. The sun had set, and it wouldn't be light for much longer. Stu rinsed off and got ready for bed. He relaxed waiting for Ellen, who needed a full shower to get the chlorine out of her hair. The last thing Stu did was leave a message on the Foundation's answering machine for Sharon about tomorrow's expedition.